Investment Newsletter Insights

The pause that refreshes?

As anticipated, the Federal Open Market Committee will take a pause in a string of 17 straight quarter-percentage point rate hikes. Mark Hulbert suspects that the halt does not signal the sort of good news that investors are hoping for.

Can't figure out what's happening in the gold market? Peter Brimelow examines a few trading letters that suspect manipulation.

In The Guru's Corner, Sean Broderick of Money & Markets says there's profit to be made in this year's record heat wave, which he refers to as "Dustbowl" investing.

And we also have two offerings this week from our MarketWatch subscription columnists. The Technical Indicator's Michael Ashbaugh cautions investors not get too excited by recent market upturns and Robert Powell of Retirement Weekly says that we shouldn't fear a market exodus as baby boomers enter retirement.

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